Lawrence's girdled lizard
Template:Short description Template:Speciesbox Lawrence's girdled lizard (Namazonurus lawrenci) is a species of lizard in the family Cordylidae. The species is endemic to South Africa.[1]
Etymology
The specific name, lawrenci, is in honor of South African entomologist Reginald Frederick Lawrence.[2]
Description
N. lawrencei is small, thin, and flat for its genus. Dorsally, it is dark brown. Ventrally, it is brownish gray to whitish. Adults usually have a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of Template:Cvt.[3]
Geographic range
N. lawrenci is found in the Richtersveld in the province of Northern Cape, South Africa.[4][5][3]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitats of N. lawrenci are rocky areas and shrubland, at altitudes of Template:Cvt.[4]
Reproduction
N. lawrenci is ovoviviparous.[5]
References
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- ↑ World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). Cordylus lawrenci . 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Template:Webarchive Downloaded on 28 July 2007.
- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. Template:ISBN. (Cordylus lawrenci, pp. 152).
- ↑ a b Branch, Bill (2004).
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Further reading
- Bauer AM, Branch WR (2003). "The herpetofauna of the Richtersveld National Park, Northern Cape Province, Republic of South Africa". Herpetological Natural History 8: 11–160.
- Branch, Bill (2004). Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Third Revised edition, Second impression. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. Template:ISBN. (Cordylus lawrenci, pp. 189–190 + Plate 68).
- FitzSimons VFM (1939). "Descriptions of some new species and subspecies of lizards from South Africa". Annals of the Transvaal Museum 20 (1): 5–16. (Zonurus lawrenci, new species).
- Stanley EL, Bauer AM, Jackman TR, Branch WR, Mouton PLFN (2011). "Between a rock and a hard polytomy: Rapid radiation in the rupicolous girdled lizards (Squamata: Cordylidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 58: 53–70. (Namazonurus lawrenci, new combination).
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